A bona fide home-grown CFFC talent, Nick Galanti has fought the entirety of his career, amateur and professional, under the CFFC banner.
The New Jersey middleweight has already captured championship gold, in the form of CFFC’s NextGen amateur middleweight title, and now he has his sights set on the professional equivalent.
The 27-year-old heads into his CFFC 149 bout with Derek Benoit riding an impressive win streak, and with the middleweight title set to be contested between champion Chris Brown and Guram Gochashvili later in the evening, Galanti will be looking to add another statement win to his resumé to put himself next in line to face the winner.
“Nick is a former CFFC NextGen champ who really seems to be turning things up a notch in his pro career after a 2024 setback,” explained Morgan.
“Three straight wins, three straight finishes – and I think I might have been most impressed with his win in August, when he was clearly ahead on the scorecards in the final minute, but kept pushing to get the finish.
“With his Dante Rivera BJJ teammates Luke Fernandez and Eric Nolan added to the UFC roster this year, Galanti is highly motivated to join them, and I think an impressive win here could get him a title shot and move him closer in that direction.”
CFFC 149 Main Card (UFC Fight Pass, 8:30pm ET)
- Champ Ryan Cafaro vs Justin Patton – for featherweight title
- Champ Bilal Hasan vs Renaldy Manse – for flyweight title
- Champ Emily Martins vs Alexa Conners – for women’s bantamweight title
- Champ Chris Brown vs Guram Gochashvili – for middleweight title
- Bobby Lee vs Richie Lewis
- Derek Benoit vs Nick Galanti